Jupiter Fund Management PLC Results of AGM (5437F)

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RNS Number : 5437F

Jupiter Fund Management PLC

18 May 2017

Jupiter Fund Management plc

(the "Company")

18 May 2017

Results of the Annual General Meeting

The Board announces that at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company held yesterday at The Zig Zag Building, 70 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6SQ, all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were passed by the requisite majorities.

The results of the AGM resolutions, all decided by way of poll, are set out below.

 
 Resolutions                For           % of     Against      % of       Total         Votes         Votes 
                                           total                 total      votes         cast          withheld* 
                                           votes                 votes      cast          as a 
                                           cast                  against                  percentage 
                                                                                          of issued 
                                                                                          ordinary 
                                                                                          share 
                                                                                          capital* 
-------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 1.To receive 
  the Directors' 
  report and 
  the audited 
  accounts of 
  the Company 
  for the year 
  ended 31 December 
  2016                      361,678,736   99.51%   1,777,549     0.49%     368,306,264     79.41%      4,849,979 
------------------------- 
 2.To approve 
  the Annual 
  Report on Remuneration 
  for the year 
  ended 31 December 
  2016                      349,856,989   97.83%   7,770,888     2.17%     368,306,243     78.14%      10,678,366 
------------------------- 
 3.To approve 
  the Directors' 
  remuneration 
  policy                    327,705,740   90.37%   34,938,417    9.63%     368,306,263     79.23%      5,662,106 
------------------------- 
 4.To elect 
  Charlotte Jones 
  as a Director             362,323,475   99.68%   1,151,184     0.32%     368,306,264     79.41%      4,831,605 
------------------------- 
 5.To elect 
  Karl Sternberg 
  as a Director             341,051,694   93.83%   22,421,114    6.17%     368,306,264     79.41%      4,833,456 
------------------------- 
 6.To re-elect 
  Liz Airey as 
  a Director                362,537,309   99.74%    933,657      0.26%     368,306,264     79.41%      4,835,298 
------------------------- 
 7.To re-elect 
  Jonathon Bond 
  as a Director             363,093,701   99.90%    379,107      0.10%     368,306,264     79.41%      4,833,456 
------------------------- 
 8.To re-elect 
  Edward Bonham 
  Carter as a 
  Director                  362,869,257   99.83%    606,902      0.17%     368,306,264     79.41%      4,830,105 
------------------------- 
 9.To re-elect 
  Bridget Macaskill 
  as a Director             363,089,089   99.89%    383,719      0.11%     368,306,264     79.41%      4,833,456 
------------------------- 
 10.To re-elect 
  Maarten Slendebroek 
  as a Director             362,866,537   99.83%    608,122      0.17%     368,306,264     79.41%      4,831,605 
------------------------- 
 11.To re-elect 
  Lorraine Trainer 
  as a Director             346,977,427   95.46%   16,495,380    4.54%     368,306,263     79.41%      4,833,456 
------------------------- 
 12.To re-elect 
  Polly Williams 
  as a Director             361,608,972   99.49%   1,863,835     0.51%     368,306,263     79.41%      4,833,456 
------------------------- 
 13.To re-appoint 
  PricewaterhouseCoopers 
  LLP as the 
  Company's auditors        348,806,385   95.96%   14,667,780    4.04%     368,306,263     79.41%      4,832,098 
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 14.To authorise 
  the Audit and 
  Risk Committee 
  to fix the 
  auditors' remuneration    361,236,498   99.38%   2,242,037     0.62%     368,306,264     79.41%      4,827,729 
-------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 15.To authorise 
  the Directors 
  to allot shares 
  in the Company            317,744,398   87.42%   45,731,460    12.58%    368,306,264     79.41%      4,830,406 
------------------------- 
 16.To authorise 
  political donations 
  and political 
  expenditure               362,011,548   99.60%   1,465,596     0.40%     368,306,264     79.41%      4,829,120 
------------------------- 
 17.To authorise 
  the Directors 
  to disapply 
  pre-emption 
  rights                    317,498,302   87.35%   45,977,556    12.65%    368,306,264     79.41%      4,830,406 
------------------------- 
 18.To authorise 
  the Company 
  to purchase 
  its own shares            356,914,407   98.19%   6,561,450     1.81%     368,306,263     79.41%      4,830,406 
------------------------- 
 19.To approve 
  general meetings 
  (other than 
  annual general 
  meetings) of 
  the Company 
  being called 
  on 14 clear 
  days' notice              356,548,350   98.09%   6,928,334     1.91%     368,306,264     79.41%      4,829,580 
-------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 20.To approve 
  the adoption 
  of new Articles 
  of Association            356,991,722   99.99%     46,834      0.01%     368,306,263     78.01%      11,267,707 
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*Please note that 'vote withheld' is not a vote under English law and is not counted in the calculation of votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution, or in the 'votes cast as a percentage of issued share capital'.

The issued share capital of the Company comprises 457,699,916 shares. Resolutions 17, 18, 19 and 20 were passed as special resolutions.

The Company has today sent copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM concerning items other than ordinary business to the National Storage Mechanism and are available for inspection at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Details of proxy votes lodged will be available shortly on the Company's website at https://www.jupiteram.com/Global/en/Investor-Relations/Shareholder-information/AGM-information.

For further information please contact:

 
                Investors/analysts    Media 
Jupiter         Adam Westley          Alicia Wyllie 
                 [phone]   [phone] 
FTI Consulting  Tom Blackwell         Andrew Walton 
                 [phone]   [phone] 
 

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